LONDON (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
£45,000 - £74,999
FULLTIME
Salary: £48,969 - £50,706 (based on experience) + Travel Allowance
Location: 5 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG
Hours per week: 36
Contract Type: Permanent/Full Time
Closing Date: Wednesday 9^th July 2025
Interview: TBC
About Camden
Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.
We are recruiting for two areas in Children’s Services: Children in Need (CIN) and Children & Young People’s Disability Service (CYPDS)
CIN Service
As a Social Worker supporting and monitoring children in need and those subject to child protection plans, you will be skilled in identifying and addressing risk, and work alongside families to ensure the children’s safety, development and wellbeing are paramount.
CYPDS Service
The Children and Young People’s Disability Service (CYPDS) works in an integrated way with MOSAIC the integrated children’s health service for disabled children and young people who have complex developmental needs and with the Camden Learning Disability Service.
Please kindly specify which area/s you’re applying for on your supporting statement in your application.
Our Children's Family Help and Safeguarding Service values are that we put children and families at the heart of our practice, which is the core of relational practice.
We use a unique way of working within Camden’s Relational Practice Framework, which is a relationship-based practice, where relationships are at the heart of what we do. It is based on strong relationships between social workers and families and informed by their experiences. Being relational means Camden children, young people, parents and carers, networks, residents and communities experience a workforce that is curious, kind, courageous, honest and collaborative.
Our staff are central to our success and are involved every step of the way. Their work supports improved outcomes for children, their families, and care leavers.
Join our Children's Family Help and Safeguarding team and be part of a team implementing real social change, who are committed to making children’s and families' lives better within the borough.
Our Children's Family Help and Safeguarding Service works with people living in Camden, under the age of 18 and their families who may need some support to achieve this. We also work with care leavers and children with disabilities up to the age of 25.
We have been rated outstanding by Ofsted and are continually looking to innovate and maintain these standards.
This is an opportunity to join a thriving & dynamic service with an OFSTED rating of OUTSTANDING.
What You’ll Be Doing / How You’ll Be Involved
You will be a versatile, agile, and experienced Social Worker. You will have experience in dealing with children, young people and their families with complex needs. Your remit will include taking responsibility for a caseload including child in need work, child protection, where required initiate court proceedings and undertaking a range of duties and responsibilities on behalf of the Department.
As a Social Worker within Children's Family Help and Safeguarding Service, you will have a manageable caseload comprising of Child Protection, Children in Need cases and some court work.
You will have the skills and ability to undertake complex assessments of children and their families and formulate intervention plans that address the identified needs.
You will provide direct social work intervention to children and families in need, undertaking direct work with children ensuring their views and wishes are obtained and are incorporated into the care planning and intervention provided.
As a Social Worker supporting and monitoring children in need and those subject to child protection plans, you will be skilled in identifying and addressing risk, and work alongside families to ensure the children’s safety, development and wellbeing are paramount.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS. Please note Camden also offers the DBS update service.
To view the CIN Job Profile, please click HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your Microsoft Edge browser (please note the attached will not open in other browsers): https://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/CMWebDrawer/Record/10999330/file/document?inline
To view the CYPDS Job Profile, please click HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your Microsoft Edge browser (please note the attached will not open in other browsers):
http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/10999335/file/document?inline
All About You
To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.
To be considered for one of these fantastic opportunities it is essential the successful candidate is a fully qualified and accredited Social Worker with current Social Work England (SWE) registration and has at least two years post qualifying experience.
The successful candidate will have sound knowledge of the legislative framework relating to children, particularly the Children Act 1989 and all legislation related to Children in Need.
For CYPDS, the above is required, as well as knowledge relating to disabled children legislation, SEND statutory guidance and knowledge of the Leaving Care Act 2000.